Discovered under a peat slab

An entry in ‘The Annals of Ulster’ of 1007AD reports that the “great Gospel of Columkille” (The Book of Kells) was stolen one night and discovered a few months later, stripped of its gold and jewel-encrusted cover, under a slab of peat.IMG_5742

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